Yeah, I liked the 'South London Boroughs' EP too. Burial was introduced to
me as the dubstep artist most likely to appeal to "you Basic Channel/Rhythm
& Sound types". And in the same breath characterised as "not really
out-and-out dubstep". I guess that's why I find him the most intriguing of
the acts I've heard. Same with Boxcutter. They're drawing from the template
and cutting it with other genre substances.
And, yeah, re: boomkat, I *can* understand the zeal, residing as it does an
area somewhere between sort of 'promoter' and 'fan' roles, rather than the
more detached 'critic'. I guess I've just been told of one too many
'mighty' 'killer' 'utterly essential' albums which turned out to be a bit
crap (thank you, Art Critic for The Guardian).
alan
--On 19 May 2006 14:27 +0100 carl morris plugtwo <carl@plugtwo.com> wrote:
quoted 45 lines I'm looking forward to hearing the album as I enjoyed Burial's South
> I'm looking forward to hearing the album as I enjoyed Burial's South
> London Boroughs EP on Hyperdub. It sounds distinct from any other dubstep
> that I've heard. Part of the appeal for me are the distant and muffled
> sounds. So it's closer to vintage dub than, say, the releases on Tempa. I
> played one of the tracks on a big system recently and even more ghostly
> sounds came out, like Upsetter dubs.
>
> Boomkat is a shop, lest we forget, and makes no claims of impartiality...
> A bit of zeal is expected!
>
> But I'd second your request for album comments.
>
> thanks
> Carl
>
>
> Alan Lockett wrote:
>
>>
>> OK. So the Burial release has hit and boomkat's gone apeshit:
>> "...a shocking debut", we're told. Yep.
>> <http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=21299>
>>
>> It's also peeing in its hyperbolic pants about The Gentleman Losers.
>> Who are these people? Dunno, but... "Album of the year", apparently. Mhm.
>> <http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=21826>
>>
>> When other listees (preferably those less prone to ecstatic
>> textuality) have actually heard these recordings, I'd be interested to
>> hear further comments/feedback, etc.
>>
>> thanks,
>> alan
>>
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